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Volume 40

FEBRUARY 1966 Number I ON THE COVER

President ............... ...... ....................R. O. Kasten '43 ... .

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............ Dr. Thomas R. Beveridge '42 .Department of Geological Engineering .... 1968 Un iversity of M issouri at Rolla Rolla , Missouri 6540 1

Executive Secretary ......... ........... __ Francis C. Edwards ....... Editor , "MSM ALUMNUS"

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States and Provinces Embraced Director Area No. L ........ .Lawrence A. Spanier '50 ....................................... New England, N. Y. , N. J., East Pa., .. 1551 Franklin Avenue Dist. of Columbia , Md. , Va ., Delaware, IVlineola, Long Tsla nd , New York Province of Quebec

The contract has been awarded for this Graduate Center for Materials Research which is the first of the Space Sciences Research Center group that will be constructed on the UMR campus. The site for the building is northeast of the area formerly occupied by Jackling Field . The cost of the building and capital equipment is $1,000,000.

Issued bi -m onthly in the interest of the graduates and former students of the Missouri School of Mines and Me tallurgy and the Universi ty of Missou ri at Rolla . Subscription price, $1.50, included in Alumni Du es. Entere d as second-class matter October 27, 1926, at Post Office at Rolla, Missouri under the Ac t of March 3, 1897.

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The greatest asset of any alumni associati~n is current addresses of the alumni of the school. Maintaining current addresses of our alumni is a most difficult task . It takes eternal vigilance. A few years ago a well known eastern univers ity boasted of a current address for everyone . of its alumni. I could never find out how this was done . W e would like to maintain a list which is ninety percent correct. Our experience is that ap pr oximately fifty percent of our alumni change thei.r addr esses each year. It may be the alumnus m Oves from one apartment to anQ[her in the samebuilding . Inthealumn i office the same record processing is necessary for this alumnus as the alumnus who moves to another part of the world. It is good to learn that an alumnus has moved for it is generally an indication that his economic standard or employment status has improved . Every move necessitates informing publishers, department stores, relatives and even creditors of your change of address. Why not b e kind to the alumni office and place the alumni association on yo ur list of change of address notification? If your employment status h as changed, we would like to be told the particulars in order that the item may be placed in the "Alumni Personals " section of the MSM Alumnus . Your friends are interested in what you are doing as you are interested in their welfare. If you don 't want to brag about yourself have your wife write and send the item. She will be g lad to do it. An attemp is being made to "face lift" the MSM Alumnus. This issue has a new version of the cover and quality of stock. There are many different concepts as to the contents of an alumni magazine . Our intent is to have items of interest to and about the alumni. Many alumni tell us they turn to and read the "Alumni Personals " first when the magazine arrives. We print all of these items that are sent to the office. In any event, keep us informed of your change of address. F.e. "Ike" Edwards Executive Secretary MSM Alumni Association

February 1966

Dr. John C. Weaver to Become Missouri University President Next September Dr. John e. Weaver, 50, vice president for academic affairs at Ohio State University, will become the 14th president of the University of Missouri in September upon retirement of Dr. Elmer Ellis. His appointment was unanimously confirmed by the Board of Curators upon unanimous recommendation of the Curator-Faculty-Alumni Search Committee which spent nine months screening 300 nominees and interviewing more than 100 prospective candidates . He was associated with President Ellis through the National Association .of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges and through their joint efforts in organization of the Mid-American State Universities Association which formed a research manpower pool aimed at encouraging governmental and ind ustrial research and development in this area. " I consider it a difficult job, indeed, in having to follow a man who has done so much for the University, "Dr. Weaver said of President Ellis . "Over the years we had a cordial association and I regard him with warm affection and admiring respect. "His footprints were large, and it will be extremely difficult to fill his shoes. But I will give a whole-hearted effort in doing the best I can to carry on effectively. "

Of Dr. Weaver, President Ellis said: "I have known John Weaver for many years and in my judgment Missouri is fortunate to have him as a president of its University. In fact it was six years ago that I first recommended him for another pOSition. He is a dynamic leader in higher education, proven by experience in several universities similar to ours . I am completely confident that his administration will be marked by great achievements for all campuses of the University and by the State. " Dr. Weaver, whose academic field is geography, has been on faculties of six mid-western shcools, including two in

the Big Eight Conference, in which Missouri is a member. He was dean of Arts and Sciences School at Kansas State University in 1955 -57 and dean of the graduate faculty of the University of Nebraska in 1957-61 before joining the Ohio State faculty in July 1864, with triple titles of vice-president for academic affairs, dean of faculties, and professor of geography. His academic career also included nine years (1946-55) on the geography faculty of the University of Minnesota, three years (1961-64) at the State University of Iowa, and visiting professorships at the University of Oregon, Harvard University, and the University of London, England. As a graduate student he was lecturer in geography at Wisconsin State College during two summer sessions. Before launching an academic career , Dr. Weaver was a member of the editorial and research staff at the American Geographical Society of New York in 1940-42 , was with the U.S. State Department division of geography and cartography in 1942-44 , and was Arctic intelligence officer attached to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations in Washington as a Navy lieutenant (j .g. ) from 1944 to 1946. Dr. Weaver is a Phi Beta Kappafrom the University of Wisconsin, where he was graduated with a major in geography in 1936. He took his master 's and doctor's degrees at Wisconsin in 1937 and 1942 and did graduate work and served as a teaching assistant at the University of California at Berkeley in 1937-38 . While in California he met and married the former Ruberta Louise Harwell, a native Californian. They havetwo sons, Andrew, 19, an engineering student at Ohio State University, and Thomas, 15, a Columbus high school stuaent. Dr. Weaver is a native of Evans ton, Illinois . In scores of publications, Dr. Weaver has indicated an interest far beyond his academic field. He is author of four separate publications on bar3

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Phi Eta Sigma freshman honor society. He received the Vilas medal at Wisconsin for an outstanding record in debating and forensics. He was cited for his research by the Chief of Naval Operations. He held a Carnegie Corporation of New York travding administrative fellowship. He was designated by the British Foreign Office as Wilton Park fellow. He received the Association of American Geographers research award for meritorious contribution in 1955. Dr. Weaver will step into the administrative vacancy that will be created upon retirement August 31 of President Ellis, who reaches the mandatory retirement age for administrators of 6S on July 27.

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When President Elmer Ellis of the University of Missouri retires August 31, the official family will become that of Dr. John Weaver, currently the vice president for academic affairs at Ohio State University at Columbus. In the photo are Mrs. Weaver; son Thomas, 15, a high school student; and son Andrew, 19, engineering student at Ohio State. ley, two on crop-combination regions in the middlewest, and one on livestock units. Others have dealt with such diverse subjects as the food crisis of humanity, American railroads, a design for research in the geography of agriculture, and a number dealing with federal aid to research and to universities. He has written on hospital administration and contributed to the Annals of Surgery. He is a co-author with his father, Andrew Thomas Weaver, of "A Letter From Empire Prairie, Andrew County, Missouri," which appeared in the October, 1955, issue of the Missouri Historical review and dealt with his ancestors, the Bennett family, who migrated during the closing years of the Civil War from Quebec to northwest Missouri where they homesteaded. Also in his professional career Dr. Weaver served on committees and as vice-president and president of the Association of Graduate Schools in the .,Ass ociation of American Universities;

on the executive committee and as vice chairman and chairman of the Coun~il of Graduate Schools in the United States; as an executive committee member on the governing senate of the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges; as chairman of the committee on institutional cooperation of the Big Ten; as chairman of the executive committee of the Mid-American State Universities Association which includes members of the Big Eight Conference as well as Colorado State University; as a member of the Association of Midwest U ni(Argonne National Laboraversities tory); and as director of the Midwest Library Corporation. In earning a bachelor 's degree with high honors at U. of Wisconsin, he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa scholastic society, to Sigma Xi scientific fraternity, to Phi Kappa Phi academic and curricular activities organization, to Delta Sigma Rho debating fraternity; and to

A native of Kansas, he came to Missouri in 1929 as an engineer with the Missouri State Highway Department. He received his degree in Civil Engineering from Kansas State UniverSity, Manhattan. He joined the Rolla faculty in 1942. Professor Eshbaugh was a member of a number of professional and honor societies. He has served as president of the Rolla Chapter of the Missouri Society of Professional Engineers. Other professional affiliations included the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Congress of Surveying and Mapping, and the American Society of Engineering Education. He was a member of Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Tau and Chi Epsilon honor societies, and for many years served as faculty advisor for Chi Epsilon, the civil engineering honor society. Since 1953, he has been faculty advisor for Alpha Phi Omega service organization , and last year was honored by the group with the presentation of a life m embership. He was also a member of Acacia fraternity. He was listed in Who 's Who in Engineering, Who 's Who in the Midwest, and Who 's Who in Methodism.

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Fraternal organizations of which Professor Eshbaugh wasamember included Rolla Lodge No. 213 A.F. and A.M., and Rolla Chapter 32, R .A.M. He was a past officer of the Eastern Star and White Shrine. He is survived by his widow, Edith , two sons, Robert W. Eshbaugh '57, of Morristown , Pennsylvania, and James L. Eshbaugh of Springfield, Missouri; a daughter, Mrs. C.E. Thomes; his father, H erbert Eshbaugh of Manhattan, Kansas ; four brothers, two sisters and three grandchildren. A memorial for Professor Eshbaugh has been established at the First Methodist Church of R olla .

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Alumni in Vietnam The Alumni Office received a letter from 2;11. Ronald P. Hensen '64, who is with the 87th Engineer B attalion, (Construction) at Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam. He has been there since August and has about six more months to serve. He is Battalion Comm unications Officer. It is planned for Cam Ranh Bay to be the largest logistical base in Vietnam. and UMR graduates are lending their engineering talents. Alumni located at Cam Ranh Bay are as follows: 1;11 R obert C. Schmitt '64, 2;Lt Ronald P. Henson '64, 87th Engr. Bn. (Const.); Milton J. Murry '64, 864th Engr. Bn. (Const.); I;11MichaelGoodman '63 and 2;11 Jerry Britt on '64. 497th Engr. Co. (PC); 1;11 Robert Hofstetter '64, 513 Engr. Co. (DT); and Francis Hogan '64, 35th Engr. G roup (Const.) Several others are with the 62nd Engr. Bn. (Const.) at Phan Rang, about 25 miles south of Cam Ranh . These officers have an occasional get todether and discuss " the good 01' days" at MSM. The alumni office is sending copies of the "Miner" to these officers weekly, as well as the MSM Alumnus . February 1966

Governor Hearnes with Chancellor Baker and Student Union Board . Left to right: Howard Stine, Gene Albrecht, Mik e Deelo, Chancellor Baker, Jack Halpern, the Honorable Warren E. Hearnes, Govern or of Missouri, David Hayes, Frank Woodbury, Jim Carter, Ron Winkler, Jim Kochs .

The Student Union Board was honored to have Governor Warren E. Hearnes as their distinguished guest and speaker at the annual Student Recognition banquet, January II. The governor, speaking to the assembled students, facu lty and administrators of the school and guests, stressed the economic problems of Missouri as a whole, and the economic problems of the Ozark region in particular. He proposed a toll road from North Central Missouri to South Central Missouri. The purpose of s uch a road would aid the h andling of the heavy tourist traffic in the Ozark region and thus aid Mi ssouri 's serious economic s ituation in the area . The Governor alsq stress ed that young people should take a more active part in our government today. He urged that the engineers and scientists

become active in their local and state governments. Following his speech the Governor was presented with an honorary membership on the Student Uni on Board. With the aid of Govern or Hearnes and Chancellor Baker, Frank Woodbury, President of the 1965 Student Union Board, presented awards to the member s of the various Student Union Committees. After these presentations the 1 966 Student Union Board officers were announced. They are: Mike Deelo, President; Ron Winkler, Vice-President; Gene Aubrecht, Secretary; and Howard Stine, Treasurer. Mike Deelo presented awards to the past Board members who have served two years or more. During the Governor 's speech it came to light that he was celebrating the first anniversary of his inauguration. S

Holtman Hall Now Completely Occupied On January 3rd the final floor of Holtman Hall, a new Men 's Residence Hall dormitory located at Bishop and Ninth Streets, was occupied by students. Most of the students moved from Kelly Hall to occupy the new dorm. Since November 24 one floor at a time has been occupied. Holtman Hall is a four-story structure with fifty-nine double rooms, built at a total cost of approximately $648,000 including furnishings. It is distinguished by its unique color scheme and its first floor lounge which has a practical design, fine wood panelling, and excellent lighting. A maintenance shop, the MHRA office, a recreation room for MRHA members and ten washers and seven dryers are located in the basement. Another one of Holtman's features is pay telephones on each floor of the building. The new dormitory, just as the other MRHA dorms, has been named in honor of a UMR graduate who gave his life for our country during World War II. 11. (j .g . ) Orvid J. Holtman, a seabee, was killed in action on D-day June 6, 1944. He graduated from UMR May 24, 1938 with a B.S. degree in civil engineering , after attending Central Missouri State College and Westminster. He was a native of Mexico, Missouri and served as Audrain County surveyor until he entered the service in March 1943.

Bids Received for Physics Annex, Materials Center Apparent low bidder for the construction of a PhYSics-Annex Building on the campus is general contractor, Krummer Construction Company, Inc., and Ropat Enterprises, Inc. , . both of St. Louis, Missouri. The two companies, operating in a joint venture, announced that they will build the three-story extension for the present Physics Building for $286,400. They are currently completed Holtman Hall the fifth men 's residence hall on the campus.

The apparent winner of the electrical work contract is Eckelkamp Electric Co., Inc., Washington, Missouri, with their bid of $36,324. Plumbing and heating for the Annex will be installed by Associate Engineering Co., St. Louis, whose apparent low bid is $136,631. Architects from St. Louis, P. John Hoener and Associates, have designed the Physics Annex. Selection of contractors for the Physics-Annex Building is the first step toward construction of five new buildings on the UMR campus. Apparent low bidder for construction of a new Materials Research Center at UMR is general contractor, Kummer Construction Company and Ropat Enterprises. Their bid was $448,900. Eckelkamp Electric Company, Inc., was the apparent low bidder for the electrical work with a bid of $97,773. Associate Engineering Company received the plumbing, heating and air conditioning contract for $176,779. The architects for the Center are Froese, Maack and Becker, St. Louis.

Spring Enrollment Over 4000-Mark The Spring Semester enrollment has broken another record with a total of 4076 regular students. In addition to this number there are 86 Co-op Students; 69 enrolled in extension classes; 28 in General Studies and 29 classified as Special students. This brings the total to 4407 subtractingthosewhoaredually enrolled. Mechanical Engineering led the enrollment with 882; Electrical second with 797 and Civil Engineering third with 734 . Enrollment in the other curricula is as follows: Chemical Engineering 292; Metallurgical Engineering 192; Physics 187; Mathematics 135; Chemistry 102; Ceramic Engineering 91; Geology 91; Engineering 66; Mining Engineering 56; Petroleum Engineering 39; Computer Science 35; Geological Engineering 22; Nuclear Engineering 8; Engineering Administration

9. The enrollment off-campus at the St. Louis Graduate Engineering Center is

332. There are 736 enrolled in the graduate school and 78workingtoward their doctorate. Two hundred six students completed their requirements for the bachelor degree in January. Fifty-two master's degrees and four doctorate degrees were awarded.

Dames Hold Discotheque The University Dames entered the world of a "Discotheque" January 20, when they attended the annual January banquet held to honor the members whose husbands received their degrees at the end of the fall semester. The Student Union Ballroom was thoroughly transformed by the splendid efforts of a talented decorating committee. Eight-foot high panels painted black adorned the walls at intervals. On each panel was a design made of various colors of crepe paper woven within a circular or triangle shape. From the ceiling in the center of the ballroom hung a seven-foot bird cage, with the "bird" a life-size mannequin dressed in a fashionable costume. On the tables at each place was a miniature bird cage enclOSing a nut cup, so that each guest might have a souvenir of the "Discotheque." Dr. Thomas R. Beveridge, chairman of the department of geology and geological engineering was master of ceremonies. One of the highlights of the evening was the presentation of diplomas bearing the P.H.T. degree (Putting Hubby Through) to 33 graduating wives . Mrs. Michael J. "Billie" Browne was chairman of the banquet and decorations committee.

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RO TC Scholarsh ips Offered UMR is one of 247 colleges offering the opportunity for fow--year R eserve Officers Training Corps scholarships. The scholarship program is in its second year, and provides full tuition, textbooks, laboratory expenses, and a $50-a-month allowance. Students enroll in their chosen field of study and also take ROTC training. They are draft exempt and up on graduation receive an officer 's com.mission in the United States Anlly. One thous and scholarships are expected to b e awa rded through o ut the co untry. Selection is based on ability. Financial need is not the basis for selection.

Gets ItLegion of Valor" Carl Westenberg , UMR student from Pleasant Plains, Illin ois, has been cited for military distincti on amo ng collegians in all of Missow-i and Illinois. He was awarded the "Legion of Valor. " This citation is made by U.S.A . Incorporated , a fraternity of military personnel who have distinguished themselves in battle. Westenberg is an honor student in mechanical engineering who is the only University student with an all-A grade average. H e has also been a lead er in the Reserve Officers Training Corps on the UMR campus. Major General Robert H. Adams, 11th Corps Commander , St. Louis, represented Lt. General e.G. Dodge , 5th Army Commander for the ceremony. Major Alden S. Lance, World War II, Distinguished Service Cross winner, Savannah, Missow-i, who is vice-commander of U.S.A. Inc.,decorated Westenberg .

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21 Are Commissioned To Army Reserve Twenty-one UMR students who have completed requirements for a degree were commissioned as Second lieutenants in the United States Army R eserve in a ceremony at the Student Union, February 22, 1966. Three of the newly commissioned February 1966

NSF Awards Grants for Chemical Research, Predoctoral Work, Rock Mechanics Research The National Science Fowldation has awarded a grant of $35,200 to UMR for the support of research to determine the effect of heat transfer from nitrogen, oxygen and other liquified gases used in the space program. The research will be under the directi on of Efton L. Park, Jr., Ass istant Professor of Chemical Engineering. The grant is for a period of two years .

cal engineering; one in mining engineering , and three which may b e asSigned in any of the fie lds s upported in this program. The grant will be in effect until September 30,1967. The Roc k Mechanics Reserach Group at UMR has been awarded a $46,900 grant by the National Science Foundation.

The National Science Foundation has granted $36,281 to UMR for s upp ort Dr. George B. Clark, director of of seven predoctoral training grants . The money will be distr ibuted as fo l- · the group, advises that the one-year low s : one in ceramic engineering; one grant will s upport the research entitled " Gravitational Body Forces in Hetroin civil engineering; one in metallurgigeneous Geological Structures, " a study of the effects of geologic structures such as fractw-es, joints, faults and bedding planes upon stress distribution in rocks. Information on this subject will aid materially in the solution of engineering problems concerned with the stability UMR has received a grant of $3,000 of underground openings in rock, s uch from the Caterpillar Tractor Company as mines, underground power stations, for the establishment of an expanded aqueducts and deep openings for underscholarship program. ground protective construction. Five scholarships will be provided by the grant; two in physical metallurgy; The project is a continuation of retwo in mechanical engineering; and one search in which personnel of the dein electrical engineering. For several partment of mining engineering and years the Caterpillar Tractor Company Rock Mechanics Research Group have has provided a $500 annual scholarbeen engaged for over 10 years. ship in physical metallurgy.

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In announcing the grant, D.W. Hyler, contributions coordinator for the company said, "The University of Missouri at Rolla is unquestionably a quality school that traditionally produces the highest quality graduates. We commend you for yow- past fine accomplishments and we are h opeful that this new program will assist you to maintain and even sw-pass yow- brilliant past record. " officers were designated Distinguished Military Graduates, an honor conferred on those graduates who demonstrate the highest qualities ofleadership, moral character, initiative and academic achievement. These Distinguished Military Graduates were: James D. Hunter, Hartsville, Missouri; Russel e. Linderlaub, St. Louis, Missouri, and Charles R. McDuff, Shreveport, Louisiana.

The NSF grant will support two part-time senior research investigators and two research assistants, in addition to providing funds for equipment necessary for the research project. For the project , a 2000-g centrifuge will be modified so that stress in models rotating in it can be vie wed with stroboscopic monochromatic polarized light. When completed, this will be the only device of its kind in existence.

Dr. Charles J. Haas of the Rock Mechanics Research Group, will be the assistant senior investigator. It is expected that other engineering departments on the campus will cooperate in this and related projects.

Study Grants Receioed The Department of Chemistry received approximately $13,699 from the Atomic Energy Com m i ss i on and $19,000 from the NSF toward the "1966 Summer Institute in Nuclear Science and Engineering for College Teachers of Science." The Department of Civil Engineering has received $12 ,577 from the U.S.Department of the Interior, Office of Water Resources Research. The grant is entitled " Investigation of the Spatially Varied Behavior of Roughness in Laboratory Watersheds Under Conditions of Spatially Varied Unsteady Flow." It will extend for approximately one and one-half years. The research is under the direction of Dr. T . E. Harbaugh. Dr. George B. Clark , Associate Director of Rock Mechanics Research Group, has received a grant entitled "Investigation of Spherical Waves in Viscoelastic Solids " from the Army Research Office-Durham in the amount of $21,722. Duration of the grant will be approximately one year.

Christian La~ Leader Speaks on Campus R.G. leTourneau, inventor, manufacturer and lay preacher was on the campus, to speak to the st udent body. His appearance was sponsored by the Interfaith Co u n c i 1 and the student branch of the American Society of Civil Engineers. leTourneau is often ca lled "God's Business man " and the "Dean of Earthmoving." He feels that everything he h as b oth in time and material goods he owes to God. For this reason, he has spent n early every weekend and many week nights for the p as t 25 years flying thr oughout the United States and other countries at his own expense address ing groups large and sma ll telling them what Christ means to him as abusinessman . Through the LeTourneau Foundation, he has g iven over 90 per cent of his material wea lth to further ch ris tina work. Among the many hon ors bestowed upon him are five honorary d octorates and the 1959 Nati onal Defense Transportation Association Award given by the Joint Chiefs of Staff. 8

Grads' Salaries Continue on Upturn This year 's January graduates, as they leave UMR and venture into the bus iness world, have again attained jobs of many varied types and salaries . Some of the most unusual include one January graduate who, having attained a B.S. in chemical engineering accepted a foreign job in Venez uela at $950 per month. An EE graduate accepted a job offer with a pipe line comp any at $745 per month. One UMR grad in the civil engineering department was selected for the Peace Corps. Another CE graduate became an aviation officer candidate with the U.S. Navy. Of.the 21 men who were commissioned 2nd Lieutenants, Corps of Engineers, 11 wlll enter active duty, 5 will go on to grad uate school, and 5 will be employed by industry . On~ Mis~o uri electronics manufacturing company employed 12 of our January grads ill spIte of the fact that they h ave been clos ed by a strike for severa l weeks. Wh en all new jo.bs had been reported , it was found that UMR January graduates were em ployed ill these various ind us tries : Industry No. of Grads Aerospace and Aircraft ................. ........ ........................... .... 30 Automotive and Mech. Equipment ................. ...... ............... 24 Chemical and Drugs ..................................... ................... .... 4 City and County .......... ............... ..................... ... ................. 2 Construction and Building ..... ......... ............ ...... ................... 4 Consulting .................................. ...................... .................... . 5 E lectrical Machines and Equipment .................................... 17 E lectronics .................................................. .. .... ...................... 6 Food and Beverage .................... ........... ....... .... ..................... 1 Glass .................... ............. ...... ........... 3 Federal Government .......... ::::::.:.:::::::::::: ::::::::: ............. ........ 5 Metal and Metal Products ................... ...... ................. 8 Petroleum and Gas ... .................. .................... ...................... 14 State Highways ............. ..................... .............. . .... .............. 10 Utilities ......................................... _. ....................................... 4 Foreign Students Going Home ............................................ 10 Graduate Work .................................................. .................. 23 Military (ROTC) ....................... ....................... .. .............. .... 11 Regular Army ........................................................................ 2 Navy ............................................................... ....................... 1 Not Reporting .................................... ....... ......................... .. 20 No Jobs ............................................................. . .. .. ............... 1

Total ...................................... ............................. 206 The average salary of the January graduates of UMR again reached an alltUTle high . The January grads received, on the average, $657 per month, as compared to the June 1965 average of $640, and last January's average of $630. It is expected that the average salary [or June graduates will be $660 or bettr. The following is a summary of the salaries offered to recent January graduate~ ofUMR: High DepmÂˇtnzent Low Average Ceramic ... ........................... $62 5 $650 $675 Chemical ...... .... ......... .. ....... 650 674 695 C11em. Pet. ....................... 950 950 950 700 Civil ................. _.................. 618 652 696 E lectrical ..... ... ........ ............ 618 655 758 Mechanical. .. .. ................... 575 667 650 Metall urgical .......... ... ....... 640 648 615 Met. Nuclear ...................... 615 6 15 675 Mining-Petroleum 675 675 600 Chemistry.......................... 600' 600 626 Physics ................................ 626 626 643 Geology.............................. 600 622 Class Average $657 $800 M. S. Degree ...................... $760 $785

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In operation the GRAD system is uncomplicated . An alumnus interested in finding new employment communicate$ directly with the UMR Placement Office. If Dean Hershkowitz and his staff feel that the GRAD program w ill be of value to the individual in question , the candidate is given an instruction sheet and fom-page resume form. The alumnus has the resume completed and neatly typed since it will be ph otocopied in its original form for distritution and sends it to the College Placement CounciJ in Bethlehem , Pennsylwith a $1 0 service fee. This vania, resume 1S analysed both in terms of present and previous employment experience . Twenty-one key factors are extracted from the informatio n and entered into an electronic file at a vas t computer center . Employers have at their disposal the thesaurus of GRAD term s which enables them to establish rapidly the best description of the position they have open. Feb ruary 196 6

Use of the GRAD system is not available to just everyone. Since its designers were aware that misuse of the system for "just looking around" or job-hopping would detract from its value to employers, placement directors must endorse each resume and attest to the fact that the applicant has received a fom-year degree or higher. The resume remains active for six months. If the alumnus has received a job while resident in the file he may not retmn to the GRAD system for a fu ll year. This project not only places opportunities of an unparalleled scope before the alumnus but promises to make the placement office a prime information center for real-time manpower statistics.

Series of "Rolla Nights" The annual "Rolla Nights" have been held in St. Louis, Kansas City, Springfield , St. Joseph and Jefferson City thus far this year. Two more are planned before the end of the school year. They will be held at Cape Girardeau and Hannibal. The pmpose of these meetings is to acquaint students and their parents, in the various areas over the state of Missouri, with the facilities offered at UMR for the training of engineers and scientists. Almnni in the areas assist in arranging the program and are present to talk with prospective students and their parents . Faculty from the school are present to answer any questions about the school and counsel with those interested. The meeting at St. Louis was held in the Engineers' Club of St. Louis . The auditorium which seats 400 was filled and the overflow crowd stood in the hall . In Kansas City, more than 250 students and parents gathered in the ,cafeteria of the Southeast High School. More than 150 gathered in the auditorium of Missomi W estern College, St. Joseph. In Springfield an equal number were present at Parkview High School and in Jefferson City more than 100 m et in the ban quet room of the Ramada Inn.

Co-Op Plan Growing The Co-operative Program has been strongly estab lished at UMR and it continues to grow each year. At present there are 310 co-op students of whom about one-half are working and the other one-half are in school. This program gives students a chance to get practical work experience to supplement the theory which they learn while in school. The program is des igned as a fiveyear p rogram in which the student will work and attend school in alternate sessions including s ummer sess ions. The co-operative company pays the student a salary while working. This will permit him to m eet his school expenses . The present industrial trend s show an ever-increasing demand forco-opers. There are some univers ities and colleges such as Drexel College and the University of Cincinnati, that require all of their engineering students to enroll in a co-op program. UMR is engaged in a co-operative training pr ogram w ith 33 m ajor corporations located in 18 states. Among thes e companies, seventy-five per cent of om co-ops are in the programs with the following companies listed in o rder of the largest enrollment: McDonnell Aircraft Corporation; Union Carbide; Alton Box b oard; Monsanto Company; NASA, Huntsville, Alabama; and the Miss omi State Highway Department. Dming the month of March fifteen different companies are expected to be on the campus to interview applicants for the co-op program . Usually a company will consider an applicant only after he h as completed one complete year at UMR. The Missomi Highway Department and Alton Boxboard offer programs to incoming freshmen. A student wh o enrolls in the coop pr ogram at the end of his fres hmen year should earn approximately $8,000 in the next fom years. T his would allow more than enough for a student of average expenses to finance the remainder of his college education . Professor George E. Vaughn is Administrator of the Co-op Program on the UMR Campus.

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Dr. ]. Herbert Hollomon, assistant secretary of commerce for science and technology, Washington, D.C., was on the UMR campus to address an informal gathering of representatives from all University of Miss ouri campuses. Dr. Hollomon discussed the State Technical Services Act which was established in 1965 to promote commerce and economic and growth by supporting state and interstate programs to inform industry about the find ings of engineering an d science research .

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done for the American farmer. It will put into their hands the latest ideas and methods, the fruits of research and development. " Dr. Hollomon said a vital role will be played by univers ities, especially those specializing in science and engineering, in developing new technologies and disseminating knowledge. H e addressed the Missow-i Society of Professional Engineers at Jefferson City at the i r Engineer's Week ob servance.

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Dr. Ellis Stresses Importance of Alumni President Elmer Ellis of the Univers ity of Missow-i, presented the status of higher education in its pressw-e for money, in a speech he gave before the American Alumni Council meeting in Chicago in February .

"If state universities had fully recognized the true potential of this ed ucational product years ago the universities and colleges would b e in a better pos ition today in terms of meeting our challenges. "

He stated that the press ure is already at a point of explosion and that it will not lessen in the future, and that college graduates will be called upon to assist with programs designed to provide more operating funds .

The shift b egan in the early 1950s, he said, at about the same time a change in patterns of responsibility for financial support changed. Private colleges and univerSities, which had looked to students, private corporations and individuals to meet their financial needs , began to look to government for money for buildings, research, student aids and special instructional programs. Meanwhile , the public sector which had depended cheifly on state appropriations was unable to keep pace with increased need and turned more to private foundations , individuals and business for financial assistance.

" I can recall a few years ago when the general philosophy prevailed that an aluITl11US was a necessary nuisance, " he said. "The populal' conception then was that an aluITl11us was a raccoon coated, flag waving, perpetual sophomore who came back to the campus to attend football games.

UM R Gets H-' Rocket UMR recently received a H-1 Rocket from the NASA J ohn C. Marshall Space-flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama. The donation of the rocket was made possible through the aid of Floyd M. Drummond '52, J ack E. Tiede '41, and John Tibbie, a NASA co-op student . The H-1 is one of the eight rockets attach ed to the Saturn booster. Using a combination of liquid oxygen and k er osene the H -1 d elivers 188 ,000 pounds of thrust of the 1.5 million pounds total Saturn thrust. NASA used the rocket in a series of tests at Huntsv ille and it has seen 2000 seconds of operation on the test stand. It is complete in every detail. A little soot of diffus io n is the only sign of service. The rocket is on display in the Mechanical Engineering lab oratory .

memory of her late husband , a former st ud ent and staff member in the geology department and discoverer of the great potash field of Carlsbad, New Mexico.

"You alw-nni are in the middle of this changing pictw-e, " he continued . "More and more you are called upon to help your alma mater find thos e extra dollars necessary to the improvement of institutional scope of quality.

"If we could gaze into a crystal ball today I think all of us would foresee only more of the same." President Ellis said that the 97 state universities and land grant colleges r epresent only five per cent of all colleges and universities, but currently enr o lled 3 0 per cent of all degree students; awarded 58 .8 per cent of the doctor of philosophy; 67.2 per cent of all doct orates in biological sciences and 63 per cent in engineering; provided mor e than half of all living American Nobel Peace Prize winners; accounted for close to half the members of the National Academ y of Sciences, half of the nation's governors, senators and r epresentatives , and half of this nation 's supply of school teachers. "Each and every yearsocietydemands more and b etter trained students - more specia l services - more basic research, " he conti.nued. 'We must realize that more and more the public sector of higher ed ucati on will be ca ll ed upon to shou lder a large share of this total responsibility. " 11

Geology Colloquia Sponsored by McNutt Memorial Foundation The Department of Geology is sponsoring a ser ies of seven co ll oq uia made possible by the V.H . Mc Nu tt Memoria l Foundation. These talks will fo ll ow an imaginary cross-section through the United States fro m the east to west coast with emphas is on the major geologic str uctmal features of our cow1try s uch as ocean basins , mountains, the Mi ss issip pi valley and earthquake areas. These lect ures will be g iven periodically from February 28, until May 9, and they are open to the public, stud ents, professional geologists and faculty and students from ot her univers ities. A talk by Dr. Bruce C. Heezen was the first of th e s eries . Dr. H eezen , as-

soc iate professor of geology at Columbia University, N ew York, spoke o n "The Atlantic Ocean Basin and Eastern Continental Shelf. " H e is a wor ld author ity on str uctmal, sed imentary and to pog r aphic features of ocean bas ins and b ord ering continental shelves and h as auth ored more than 150 sc ientific publicati on and h as been awarded the Henry Bryant Biglow Gold Medal for his wor k. Six other talks are scheduled. Dr. Byr o n Cooper of Virg in ia Polytechnica l Instit ute, nationally known Appalachian Mo untain expert, will disc uss the tectonics of the Southern Appalachian Mountains, March 7 .

Min ing Professor Goes to Lima, Peru Professor Carl R . Christiansen '47, of the Mining Engineering Department, UMR, will become a member of the Mining Engineering faculty of the N ational Engineering UniverSity at Lima, Peru , at the beginning of the winter semester, April l. Christiansen, who expects to be in Peru for abo ut two years, will serve as adviser to the Department of Mining Engineering at Peru's only statesupported engineering sch o ol. Under the au pices of the Ford Foundation, the project is contracted by Iowa State University, which r epresents the Mid-American State Univ ers ity Association of which UMR is a member. Professor Christiansen is the first profess or from the Rolla campus to accept a foreign aSSignment under this program . Four American s are there at the present time including anot her Missourian, Carl Evans of the C.E. Department at the U. of Mo ., Columbia campus . Professor Christiansen will teach and review the cmriculum of the school and will be concerned with trying to help improve relations with industry. Mining engineering is particularly important in Peru, wh ere mining is one of the country's largest industries and where large reserves of a variety of minerals are located. Christiamen will not teach the first semester, which will 12

give him a chance to perfect his Spanish in a concentrated language cour se. The Christians en fa mily, which includes tw o children, Peter 13 , and Kathy, 11, are enthusiastic about the change of aSSignment . They will attend R oosevelt School, an American language school operated by Americans . Of the 1,500 students in Roosevelt School, half are Americans and Emopean, and half are Per uvian, most of wh om expect to attend college in the United States. Becaus e they are going to the sout h ern h emis p here, the Christian s ens will double up on winter this year. Leaving here in late winter , they will reach Li ma in the late summer. However , there are no real extremes of temperatures, w ith temperatw'es averaging between 45 and 80 the year-round. At the suggestions of Americans in Peru, the Christiansens took theil' television as a help in learning the language. They also took along enough clothing for two years, since prices in Lima are from two to fo ur times those in the states. Estimating how much Peter and Kathy would grow in the next two years was a baffling problem, but Mrs. Christiansen 'bo ug ht large" to be on the safe side. Housing w ill be paid for by the MAS UA wh ich also provides furniture, but the Christiansens will have to d o the hous ehunting themselves.

Dr. Frank G. Snyder, former chief geologist of St. Joseph Lead Company, well-known worker on mid-continent structures, and currently geological consultant, will discuss the tectonics of Mid-North America, March 28. Tectonics of the R ocky Mo untains will b e presented by Dr. A. J. Eardley of the Univers ity of Utah, former dean of the School of Mineral Industries, now professor of geology and author of the internationally known reference volume, "Structmal Geology of North America." This lectme will be April 4. Dr. R alph C. Roberts , senior geo logis t of the U.S. G eological Survey and co-leader of a National Science Foundation sponsored Basin Range institute, will discuss tectonics of the B'asin fulnge, April 28 . A lectme on the transitional mountain r anges, including the White Moun tains, Owens Valley and the Sierra N evad as w ill be presented April 25, by D r. Paul C. Bate m an , senior geologist of the U.s. G.s. , long time resea.r cher in the Sierra Nevadas and auth or of research papers on these areas . The Colloquium will end May 9, with a discussion on the tectonics of the coast ranges and Eastern Pacific Continental Shelf and Basin by D.].C. Crowell, chairman of the geology department at U.C.L.A. H e is internationally known for h is work along the San Andreas' fault zon e and more recen tly for his continental drift studies. The coll oquium results will be publis hed as a bull etin of UMR and as one of the first maj or publications of the V.H. McNutt Memorial Foundation. The Foundation was established by Mrs . V.H. McNutt , familiarly known as Mrs . Mac of Gallagher Ranch , San Antonio, Texas. Sh e is founder and trustee of the foundation h onoring her husband, the late V.H. McNutt ,agraduate of MSM, class of 1910, and a staff member of the geology department and discoverer of the famous Carlsbad, New Mexico potash fields. MSM Al u mn us

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Citizens Council Meets With UMR Officials The cooperative role of the University and industry in helping the state anq the region through research was explored at a meeting of industrial leaders and administrative officials of U MR. Nineteen leaders in business, industry and government make up the newly fo r med Citizens Advisory Council for the University Industrial R esearch Center . The council plans to meet twice a year to determine how graduate research can be combined with the needs of ind ustry. Representing St. Lo uis at the meeting were: W ayne]. Bennetsen '41, vice president engineering, The Emerson Electric Manufacturing Co.; Ga1'1'ett C. Covington, vice president for general engineering, McDonnell Aircraft Corp., William C Fabianic, director of research, H.K. Porter Co.; Dr. Ca1'1'oll H. Hochwalt, president St. Louis Research Council; J ames Kerr attending for R . R. Shockley, vice president, Southwestern Bell Telephone Company; Neil Stueck '43, Stupp Bros . Bridge and Iron Co.; Dr. Cecil E. Johnson, manager university relati ons, Monsanto Co .; William C. Bachman '50 , treasurer , Bachm an Machinery Co. Member s of the Council from St. Louis who could not attend the first meeting are John Soult, '39 president, Fruin-Colnon Contracting Co.; S . Herbert Boeger , bank director , Canton, Mo .; R . A. Winkel, s uperintend ent, Union Carbide C orp., nuclear division, Paducah, Kent ucky; Glen Scott, executive vice president, State Chamber of Commerce , Jefferson City, Mo. ; and Dr. Charles C. Whittelsey, presid ent Ford , Bac on and D avis, Monroe , Louisiana. The meeting was m onitored by General D avid E. Heiman , assoc iate director of the Industrial Research Center. Included in the Center are nine research groups with pr ograms focused on economic and industrial development of the state and nation. Dr. Raymond E. Peck , vice pres ident for research for the Univers ity of Mis sour i System, from the Columbia campus attended the meeting and addressed the conferees. Februa ry 1966

Capers Win II, Lose 8 1965-1966 UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT ROLLA BASKETBALL RESULTS

UM R 62 Washington U. 74 UM R 86 Mac.M urray 56 UM R 66 Warrensburg 83 UMR 81 Springfi eld 89 UMR 90 Harris 75 UM R 94 Harris 79 UMR 51 Kirksvill e 68 UM R 84 Ma ryvill e 52 UMR 108 Missouri Vall ey 78 UMR 86 MacM urray 77 UMR 95 M issouri Valley 76 UMR 90 Ki rksville 80 UM R 72 Maryvill e 74 U fR 88 Cape 83 UMR 75 Regis 67 UMR 81 Cape 92 UMR III McKendree 71 UMR 76 Warrensburg 96 UM R 82 Springfield 89 15 78 1459 Ave. 83 .1 Ave. 76 .8 Won 11 - Lost 8 Best % Since 1946-47

Tied for 4th In MIAA Statistic gatherers are rummaging through the archives to find out the proper way to celebrate a winning season of the Miner Bas ketball team. It has been so long , not many people remember. The Miners , who have ing a tradition, sent their looking into record b ook s piling a 11-8 mark for the season.

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The searchers had to go back 20 years to 1946 to find the last Miner team to finish b etter than .500. The performance that year brok e a 10-year winless drouth. The Miner s , therefore boast of only two winning season s s ince they joined the Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association in 1935, 31 years ago. It isn't neces sary to say, the other teams in the league are glad to have the Miners around - four league victories in 1940-41 is our best showing. But unlike other losers, the student body still loves them . "They (the stud ents) are th e best

friends I had ," said Dewey Allgood, who pos sibly had the worst coaching record in b asketball in his 14 seasons at the helm of the team. The best any of his teams could do was eight victories. "They never got on the coach, " he says gratefully, "and their enthusias m helped bring u s many victories. When the Miners split the home-andhome series agains t rival So utheast Missouri State at Cape Girardeau the last two seasons, the stud ents went wild. Allg oo d took over the bas ketball team in 1950, replacing Dw ight Hafeli and then B en Douglas, who failed to turn o ut an other winner after Hafeli finis h ed 10-7 in 1946. " I always thought before a game we'd win, "Allgood said , "but I had to talk myself into it. It got to be pretty discourag ing , parti cularly on the road." " I was g lad to get rid of roundball, " he said . " I prefer footbal l. " Billy Key replaced D ewey Allgood last seas on and finis h ed with an 1112 record . " I knew the Miners had b een d ow n in recent years, " Key said , "but I didn 't think that it was that bad . The r ecord this year is a bit unexpected to say the least. " Key has had the b enefit of a few athletic grants-in-aid the last two years, something that Allgood didn 't have. Able to bring in some b oys wh o didn 't have "three left h and s and three left feet ," the Miners went into this season w ith only tw o Junior College transfer students on the s quad and the rest freshmen and sophomores. "Man, with ever yone com ing b ack, " Key said , ' Who knows ? We might come up with a record br eaking two straight winning season s." The Miners tied with Maryville for fo urth place in the MIAA Conference standing at the cl ose of the season. Springfield won the championship.

ENGINEERS WANTED For information about these positions please contact Ass istant Dean Leon Hershkowitz, UMR, R olla, Missouri . M.E. - Assis tants to m echanical s uperintendents open pit copper mine in South America. Knowledge of Span ish 13

helpful. Housing and utilities provided. Age requirement 30 years. Refer File No. 25 I. E.E. - Sales. Midwest office. Preci· sion products. Some experience helpful. Refer File No. 252. E.E. - Solid state design . Radar sys· tems. Communications, program man· agement. Good salary range . Largeelectrical manufacturing firm . Refer File No. 252 . ENGR.-SCIENTISTS -Army R&D Laboratories. C.E., Nuclear, E.E., M.e. and physical scientists. Grades GS-5 through GS-12. East coast. Refer File No. 254. MINING - 2 to 5 years experience. Work with mine development, material movement, ·surveying, blasting, etc. Refer File No. 255. SALES - Consulting service. Oil company supplying mining industry in Southern Illinois, and Southeastern Missouri. Refer File No. 246. ENG INEERS - Ch. E., and M.E. Responsibilities materials selection and a pplication, preparation of materials and progress specifications, lab. experiments. Knowledge of commercial specifications, s tan dar d s for mechanical equipment. Washington D.C. area. Refer File No. 257. ENG INEERS - Architectural or structural with experience. Prefer M.S. Design pat king deck, bridges, multistory buildings. Refer File No. 258. CER.-CHEM-Ch. E. - Combining glass and metal. Experienced. National company in Philadelphia s uburbs. Salary good. Refer File No. 259. M.E. - Management trainee for industrial company. 25 to 30 years. Plant department. Refer File No. 261. M.E. - Positions in most all fields. Most with experience. Top jobs. Refer File No. 262. MINING - Development, operation and management of cement plant quarries. Experienced. Desirable to be familiar with type of production in the Pacific Southwest. Refer File No. 263. FOUNDRY - Sales and industrial engineer with foundry experience, time studies, develop standard data. St. Louis. Refer File No. 264. PROJECT ENGINEER - C.E. or 14

Sanitary Engineering. Must be registered P.E. in Missouri. Public water utility. Western Missouri. Refer File No. 265 . SYSTEMS ANALYSTS - Steel corporation in Indiana. Three openings . Math or engineering background. Flow charting, computer coding, debugging and the installations of data processing systems . 1 year programming experience. Refer File No. 266. M.E., Ch. E., BE - Staffing anhydrous ammonia plant in Iowa. Chief engineer, production supervisor, instrument supervisor. Refer File No . 267. ENG INEERS - Experienced mostly. Linde Division, Union Carbide Corp. Most of all fields. Nationwide as well as east. Refer File No. 268. Ch. E. - Scientific Development Group. Engineers Constructors. 10 years in chemically related industry, 3 to 5 economic analysis. Refer File No. 269. MINING or C.E. - Quarry operations. Largest sand, gravel, stone prod ucers .in Chicago area. 1 to 2 years experience. Good starting salary and excellent benefits including profit sharing. Refer File No. 270. CH. E. - Plastics department of research center. Some experience in thermosetting resins desirable. Missouri. Refer File No. 271. ENGINEERS - Ch. E., Ind. E., Project E., Specialty E., Pharmaceutical laboratory. Refer File No. 272. METALLURG 1ST - Barite flotation plant. Arkansas. Refer File No. 274. ENGINEERS - Allfields. Lirgeminerals and chemical corporation. Experienced. Refer File No. 275. MIN. E. & MINING GEOLOGIST - Experienced . Underground and open pit mining. Geologist uranium experience necessary . Refer File No . 276. Ch. E.-CHEM. - Large number openings. Silicone products department of well known company. Refer File No. 277.

ENG INEERS - Large rubber manufacturing company. Engineers needed in all fields. All degree levels. With and without experience. Refer File No. 278 . ENGINEERS _ . All fields, Experienced and non-experienced. Located in the East. Division of Texas Instruments. Refer File No . 279.

ENGINEERS - Sales, Application, Manufacturing , Design, Electronic design, E.E. or M.E. Midwest electric company. Refer File No . 280. ENG INEERS - Senior Engine Designer; Design-Mine Hoist; Design-Mobile Railway Equipment; Sales-Power Machinery; Export; Research Analyis~; Project Engineer-Diesel Engines and a number of others with large machinery manufacturer. Refer File No . 28I. ENG INEERS - Heavy and building construction work . Travel involved. Midwest construction company. Refer File No. 282. ENG INEERS - Structures; Materials; Vehicle Body; Driveline; Automotive Safety; Chassis; Vibrations; Carburetion; Ignition. Large automobile manufacturer. In Michigan. Refer File No. 283 .

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Robert S. Smith '65 and Miss Linda Ann Payne, of Gilmer, Texas, were married January 8, 1966. Bob is an instrument engineer with Shell Oil Company. Their new address is 920 East Houston, No . 401 , Pasadena, Texas. Taylor-Go rd

Henry Porter Taylor '66 and Miss Sandra Lee Gard were married January 29, 1965, at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Raytown, Missouri. The bride is from Kansas City, Missouri and the groom is the son of Col. and Mrs. Glenn R. Taylor, of Rolla. The bride attended Southwest Missouri State College. The groom is a 2nd Lt. in the Corps of Engineers and an army aviation pilot. He reports for active duty at the Engineers' Center, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, February 14 .

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Kenneth Donald Wallace '65 and Miss Carol Ann Byrd were married December 23, 1965 in the chapel of the First Methodist Chmch, Hendersonville, North Carolina. The bride is a graduate of Appalachian State Teachers College and until her nurriage she was a member of the Hendersonville City Schools. Kenneth is employed with General Electric in Hendersonville. He ex pects to b e transferred to Massachusetts the later part of February. Ed w ards-Potte r

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Harry K. Edwards '64 and Miss Cathie Potter, of Rolla , were married December 31, 1965 in the Fi.rst Christian Chmch of Rolla. The groom received his M.S. degree in mathematics and is presently employed with the Allison Division of General Motors in Indianapolis , Indiana . The couple will be at hom e in Br ownsbmg, Indiana. Sha w- Hoffman

Nancy Jean Hoffm.an '65 and John M. Shaw , of St. Lo uis, Missomi , were married in the Westminster Presbyterian Church, Peoria, Illinois, November 6, 1965. Mrs. Shaw who receivtd her d egree in metall mgical engineering, is a technical trainee at Caterpillar Tractor Company . J ohn is a s mveyor w ith L H. Swords & Assoc iates, consu lting engineers, Peoria. Thei.raddress is 1417 West Main Street, Peor ia . Bec km ann -Coren za

Richard C. Beckmann '65 and Miss Judith Corenza , a Westb m y, New York , were married September 5, 1965, in Westbury . Their h o neymoon was spent in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Mrs. Beckmann is a senior at State University of New York , at Albany. Richard is a graduate assistant at Renssalaer PolyFeb rua ry 1966

technical Institute , Troy, New York, and doing graduate work toward a Master 's degree. The best man at the wedding was Fred Herrmann , Jr. '64 . T he new ly weds res ide at 246 Lark, Apt. 12, Albany, New York .

County. He was also the agent for Phillips Petr oleum Co. in Perry County for 25 years.

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Mr . and Mr s. William R. Gray announce the birth of a daughter, Jill Kristin , January 28, 1966. Mr. Gray is senior proj ect engineer for Missomi Rogers Corporation in Joplin, Missomi. Jill has a brother, Jeffrey Miles, 3 years old. Their home address is 3 001 Wisconsin , Joplin.

Mai-Tai Chen '66, age 30 years, was killed February 7, 1966, when his car was s truck broads ide by a tractor trailer unit near Springfield , Illinois. H e was en route to Chicago, Illinois, to report for work on his first job as a graduate civil engineer. His twin br other, Mark Chen, is a s tud ent at UMR residing at 1511 State Street.

Mr . and Mrs. George C. Young '51, welcomed their first son , George Charles, Jr. , who arrived on his grandfather 's birthday, May 11, 1965. H e was also welcomed by his fom sisters, Carol 9, Wendy 8, Lorrie 7 , and Linda 5. George is a materials engineer at Wright Patterson AFB , Ohio. The Youngs ' home address is 1040 Greenridge Drive, Dayt o n , Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Donald J. Ferguson '57, have a son, Steven Welch, b orn January 25, 1966. The Fergusons also have a d~ughter, Donna Jean , born November 15 , 1963. D on is a project engineer with the Western Electric Company. Theil' residence is at 2518 Cheltenham Blvd. , Greensboro, North Carolina.

DEATHS Ralph D. Ki llian, Sr . ' 10

Ralph D . Killian, Sr., '10, of Perryville, Missouri, forme r city and county official, died January 16, at his h ome at the age of 82 years. He is s urvived by his widow, Ella Migat Killian and three children, Ralph D. Jr. , of D earborn, Michigan, John, of O ssin ing, N ew York , and Mrs. Donald Gravett of Waterl oo, Illin ois. H e was a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity for over 50 yea rs. Practically all of his professional life was spent in public serv ice , h e having serv ed as levee district engineer in Perry and Ste. Genevieve Counties and as city engineer for Perryville. For four consecutive term s he served as circuit clerk and recorder of Perry

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Prough '33, died December He was res iding at 8 FinKirkwood , Missom i, at the death .

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Neil Plumm er '36, age54,acc id entalIy shot him self in the stomach wit h a 12-gauge sh otgun January 31 , 1966, and died in a Salt Lake City h os pita!. H e apparently was wo und ed as he h andled the ShOtgWl in the baseme nt of his home at 5220 H olliday Blve ., Salt Lake City. M1'. Plummer was operation s s uperintendent at the Magna Concentrator, K ennecott Copper Corporation at the time of his death. H e joined Kenn ecott in 1937 as a flotation operator at the Magna plant. H e g r ad uated in metallurgical engineering and in 1964 UMR honored him with an H on orary Pr ofessional D egree, Metallmg ical Engineer. H e was a member of the American Institute of Mining Metallurg ical and Petr oleum Engineers and was a form er chail'man of the Utah Section of AIME. Surviving are his widow, Helen; two sons , Neil , Jr. an d Lym an William; two br others , Wilson and Frank of Canon City, Colorado. And rew J. Seltze r '0 7

Andrew J ackson Seltzer '07. The alumni office has been advis ed by a classmate of M1'. Seltzer, Walter 1. Phillips '07, 16 1 Ellis Street, San Francisco, California, that Mr. Seltz er died in 1965. The date of death is not kn own. Alumni records indicate the Mr. Seltzer was r es iding at 18430 E. Foothill Blvd., Az usa, California . W il liam R. Towse ' 31

William R. Towse '31, died May 1 7, 1965. He was pres ident of Con15

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necticut Fire Brick Company, Inc., Bridgeport, Connecticut. He is survived by his widow who resides at49 Academy Hill Terrace, Stratford, Connecticut, and twin sons who are freshmen at the University of Connecticut. Frank J. Flynn '12

Frank]. Flynn '12, died December 16, 196.5. Mr. Flynn was living at 2327 Circle Drive, St. Jos eph, Missouri. Surviving are his widow, and Robert H. Flynn '4S. Ernest Wander ' 10 Ernest Wander '10. The Alumni Office has been advised of his recent death.

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with a life membership in the Missouri Society of Profess ional Engineers . He is the seventh reCipient of this award. Carlton was a founder and past president of the state organization.

192 9 Harlow G. Jones retired from the Army Res erve after 2SV2 years. He is vice president of research and development at Midwest Abrasive Company, Owosso, Michigan. His address is 929 Marguerite Drive, Owosso. Hugo L. H arrod is planning on retiring from Harbison-Walker Refractories Company, April 1st. He is now general s u perintendent and located in the company's offices in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Upon retirement h e is moving to Fulton, Missouri and his new address will be .5 Bartley Lane.

1 920 William J. Fin ley was a campus visiter in J anuary. This was the first time he had been on the campus for many, many years. He is living in Estes Park, Colorado. His mailing address is P. 0.Box447.

1 922 Roland J. Lapee retired November 1st after 43V2 years with the Anaconda Company. During his service he worked as chemist, chief chemist, superintendent of copper refinery and plant metallUI'gist at the Great Falls Reduction Works. The past six years were spent as Assistant to the Metallurgical Manager in the New York office. He moved back to Montana in December, buttook a month in Hawaii to adjust to the Montana climate. He expects to migrate to a warmer climate each wintel'. His new address is 1116 2nd Avenue North, Great Falls, Montana .59401. 1 924

Harry H. Kessler has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Bank Brentwood, Brentwood, Missouri, in St. Louis County. Kessler's firm, Haryry H. Kessler & Associates, is located at 106 South Hanley Road, Clayton, Mo.

192 6 E.W. Carlton, professor emeritus of civi l engineering, has been presented 16

193 0 H er bert R. Osterwald, a veteran of more than 34 years of federal service, has retired from his position with the Atomic Energy Commission at Weldon Springs, Missouri. As chief of the operations branch of the AEC's St. Louis area office, he completes some 1 7 years with the commission. He received the AEC Superior Performance Award in December. From 1940 to 1946 he was on duty with the Corps of Engineers as a member of the SHAEF Mission to the Netherlands. His responsibilities there included the res toration of public utilities and waterways. He was decorated by the Netherlands government, receiving the Order of Orange-Nassau and discharged from the Army with the rank of Major. His address is 427 W. Woodbine, Kirkwood, Missouri.

193 5 William J. Campbell is project manager for the Tidewater Construction Company in the building of a 10.5million-dollar paper mill complex for St. Regis Paper Company in Monticello, Mississippi. His mailing address is P.O. Box 24S, Monticello.

193 6 H. J. Pfeifer has been named Regional Manager of the Cleveland Sales Office for the Mining and Metals Division of Union Carbide Corporation.

Mr. Pfeiffer joined the Mining & Metals Division at the Niagara Falls plant in 1937. In 19.5 2 h e became District Manager of the Houston Sales Office and also had served in the Division 's Chicago Sales Office. In 19.56 , he was named District Manager of the San Francisco Sales Office and in 1960, was appointed District Manager of the Phillipsburg, Sales Office. Prior to his new position, Herman had been Regional Manager of the Chicago Sales Office. He is a member of the American Foundrymen's Society, the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical and Petr oleum Engineers, and the Association of Iron and Steel Engineers. The Pfeifers have four children and have been residing in Flossmoor, Illinois. They expect to establist residence in Cleveland. Their son, Paul, is a student at UMR, and an outstanding end on the Miner football team.

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193 7 Lt. Col Fred K . Vogt, who is now stationed in Heidelberg, Germany, expects to return to the states in June and retire from the U.S. Army in February 1967. Edwin W. Logan , 7 Granvue Drive, is now Chief Engineer and Works Manager, Med-Electronics, Inc., 2647 Locust Stl'eet, St. Louis, Missouri. He was formerly with Emerson Electric Company.

193 8 Richard G. Prough is now in Mrica. His address is in car e of Esso Sahara, Algers, Algeria .

193 9 Edgar F. Pohlmann, who is with the U. S. Information Agency, Voice of America, Washington, D. C. has just returned from a two-months trip to Thailand. He worked on a s urvey team in connection with selection of a site for a new radio transmitter. He expects to make a second trip in February 1966. His address is.5 SO.5 Goucher Drive, College Park, Maryland.

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pi oration and Production Division , Tidewater's petroleum and minerals exploration and production operations overseas and its mining activities in the United States. Wilson joined Tidewater in 1940 in Indiana. After W orld War II, he returned to the company and from 1946 to 195 7 advanced through several geological positions in Mis siss ippi, Lo uisiana and Texas . In 1957, he was appointed exploration manager of the company's former Western Division . In 1961, he was named international ex ploration manager. In 1964 , he was appointed international exploration manager and production activities in the company 's former International Divis ion. He is also a graduate of the Advanced Management Program of the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration. His residence address is 1675 Royal Boulevard, G lendale, California.

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Dr. Harold J Nicholas is associate professor of biochemistry, Department of Biochemist ry , and Director of Exper imental Medicine, Institute of Medical Education and Research, St. Louis University School of Medicine. His residence address is 1 245 6 Merrick Drive, Creve Coeur, Missouri. Floyd P. Smith, President of Cabildo Construction Company, Santa Fe, California, is an officer in the Southern California Chapter of Associated General Contractors. The Smiths ' daughter , Sue, is in college in Kansas and will spend th e s ummer in Europe with the People-to-People Program. Their son, Scott, is a high school senior and will attend California Polytech, in San Luis Obispo and the family hopes that he will eventually take over the construction company . The Smiths live at El Mirador Drive, Fullerton, California. 1 942 Edgar A. Rassinier, Dir ector of ReSource Planning , Natural Gas Transmission , Trunkline Gas Company, Houston, Texas, will represent the Society of Petroleum Engineers on the executive committee of the AIME 's council of economics for a two year term 1966-1 967.

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ation. Colonel Fox h as his M.S. and Ph. D . degrees in Geophysics awarded by St. Louis University. The air force assigned him to mostly fly ty~ of jobs prior to 1954. Since then, 19:>41958, he was involved with IGY, and, as an outgrowth of that he is n ow flying s atellities. Much fun and much challenge but not much opportunity to see the great o utdoors since all our control is d o ne from darkened rooms. USAF types haven't got manned pr ograms yet so all his flying of satellites is from ground based consoles. The Fox children are two daughters , Suzanne 20, and Susan 13. The Colonel 's present assignment address is: Det. 1, USFCF, Box 3082, Sunnyvale, California.

1 944 O. Morris Sievert has been appointed vice pr es ident, turbo machinery sales, at Solar , a division of International Harvester Company, San Diego , Californi a. Sievert, 43, joined Solar in June 1957 as assistant manager of turbine and contr ol sales. In 1960 , h e was pr omoted to manager, military and comm.ercial turbine sales, and during the same year he was elevated to his most recent pOSition as n1.anager, turbomachinery sales. Prior to his service with Solar he was district territory sales manager for the Elliott Company.

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s istant professor in the electronics department of the Division of Industrial Design and Technology . He received his b achelor's degree from Rolla in mechanical engineering. His addr ess is P.O. Box 276, Tempe. William H. Drag oset, who has been with the Chemstrand Company in Pensacola, Florida, has b een transferred by his company to Decat ur , Alabama.

194 8 Clyde M. Stauffer of Clyde M. Stauffer and Ass ociates, architects, engineers and planner s, anno unce the location of their offices at 392 0 East Indian School R oad, Phoenix , Arizona.

1 949 Adolph F. Hemme has received a promotion to plant manager, R epublic Works, Carbon Products Division , Union Carbide Company, Niagara Falls , New York. H e formerly was assistant plant manager at Clarksb urg, West Virginia. His n ew residence addr ess is 556 Greenfield Road, Lew iston , New York .

950 C.G. (eDon " East, of the George J Meyer Manufacturing Company , Milwaukee, Wisconsin, has been promoted to Manager , Spare Parts. Don joined th e Meyer Company in 196 3 and has been in charge of its St. Louis, Misso uri office. The Meyer Company is a packaging machinery manufacturer. Ellis C. Henry, Jr., Traffic Commissioner , City of St. Louis, Missouri, spoke at the Engineers' Club of St. Louis, February 3, on "19th Century Streets and 20th Century Traffic . " Henry became Traffic Engineer for St. Louis in 1954 and s ince 1959 he has held his present pos ition . Enrique H eller has moved from his former address in La Oroya , Per u , to 775 Chamberlain Ave., Apt. No . 16 , Perth Amb oy, New Jersey .

R o bert P. Balin received a D octor of Education degree in Science Education, in June 1965, from Arizona State University, Tempe. H e h as been teaching ther e since 1959. He is as-

Clifford D. Mui.r is back on the campus as Ass ociate Professor in Civil Engineering, after a leave of ab sence at Colorado State d oing work on his Ph. D. Everett W. Thrall has been transferred to Norway w here he is manager 17

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of Phillips Petroleum Company's operations, consisting of oil exploration and drilling in the North Sea. He will be living in Oslo and his address is Tordenskiolds Gate 6, Oslo, Norway . Paul F. Carroll has been promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. Lt. Col. Carroll is assigned as the post engineer, Military Assistance Command in Bangkok, Thailand. He has been at this assignment since June 1964. As the post engineer he is involved in the planning supervis ion of the construction program for MACTheadquarters. 11. Col. Carroll and his wife the former Helen F. Berry, daughter of Hugh R. Berry '25, are due to return to the United States in July 1966. Roy R . Shourd was appointed Eastern Mediterranean Area Manager of Schlumb erger Overseas. This area covers 8 countries with the main office in Tripoli, Libya. The Shourds, Mrs. Shourd and four children have been living in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, where Roy was division manager. Mr. Shourd has been with Schlumberger since graduation. His address is P.O. Box 2309, Tripoli, Libya.

195 1 George R. Donaldson moved to Houston, Texas in January and is a petroleum engineer with H.]. Grvy & Associates. His address there is 10403 Hazelhurst. Gehe R. Blendermann, his wife, Vera, and daughters, Lisa and Dara, have moved to Caracas, Venezuela. Gene is j oint interest coordinator for Creole Petroleum Corporation. The new address is Creole Petroleum Corp., Apt. 889, Production Department, Caracas, Venezuela, South America. Michael F. Summers is the new glass plant superintendent for the new Westingh ouse lamp plant under construction at Salina, Kansas. He will be responsib le for the manufactu re of the glass t ub e s used in the fluorescent lamps . to be produced at the new plant. In 1951, he joined the Ferro Corporation, in Cleveland, Ohio and has held several engineering and su pervisory positions with that concern. He joined General Electric Company, in 1956, as a glass process engineer. In 18

1962, he joined Westinghouse at its Fairmont, West Virginia works as engineering supervisor of the glass plant. During World War II he served in the U.S. Coast Guard. He is currently vicechairman of the West Virginia Section of the American Ceramic Society. James ]. P. McHugh, Supervisory Civil Engineer with the U.S. Geological Survey, is presently assign ed to the U.S.G.s. P. O. Box 26, Collidge, Arizona .

195 2 Dr . Norbert F. N euman has joined Kennecott Sales Corporation to handle the customer technical-service work of Kennecott Copper Corporation's sales s ubsidiary. He will act as the technical liaison between the company and its customers. He received his B.S. and Ph. D. degrees from Rolla in metallurgical engineering . Previously, he was partment, Uranium Division of Mallinckrodt Chemican Works, St. Charles, Missouri. He is married and the N eumans have thr ee children.

195 3 Harold R. Crane, of Crane and Fleming, consulting engineers, Hannibal, Missouri, has been named as the o utstanding young engineer by the Northeast Chapter of the Missouri Society of Professional Engineers and will compete in the state competition. 1

dustrial Sales, of Allis Chalmers Manufacturing Company and moved with his wife, Peg, and four children to Chicago, Illinois. Their new address is 4232 Hampton, Western Springs, Illinois. J ames S . Anderson has been named by the Southwest Missouri Chapter of the Missouri Society of Professional Engineers as the outstanding young engineer. Each chapter of the Missouri Society selects a young engineer for state competition. Jim is with Wright & Weeks, Inc ., consulting engineers in Springfield, Missouri. His address is 2254 Holland, Springfield. 1 957 Dr. Bill L. Atchley, assis tant professor in engineering mechanics at UMR, received his Ph . D. degree from Texas A & M UniverSity in February. His B.S. and M.S. degrees were granted from UMR. H e studied under a Ford Fellowship for his doctorate. The Atchleys and their three children, Julie Ann, Pamela Jean and David Michael live at 47 Nancy Lane, R olla. Gary W. Davis is back at the Naval Ordnance Test Station, China Lake, California. His address is 33B Sykes Circle, China Lake. Gary, his wife, Ida, and children ChriS, age 7, and Becky, 5 years, plan to visit Missouri in April. Louis J ones has been appointed plant metallurgist, Urick Foundry, Erie Pennsylvania.

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Tom Crutcher wh o has been with Mobil Oil Company in Caracas, Venezuela , South America for the past seven years, has been transferred to Tripoli, Libya, in North Africa. Kenneth D. Cole has accepted a position as resident engineer in charge . of construction of facilities for research for the Air Force at Wright-Patterson AFB, including nuclear reactor, sonic fatigue facilities and vacu um optics facility. His address is 4601 Nowak Aven ue, Dayton, Ohio. Richard Reavis is Officer-in-Charge, U.S. - Mexico Porder Project , U.S . Public Health Service. His address is 6760 N. N anini, Tucson, Arizona.

195 5 Kurt O. Plache has been promoted to Field Sales Manager of Mining In-

1 9 5 8 Bruce Neil Lewis has accepted a position with ].E. Flanders, utility consultant, Mountain Home, Arkansas, and he is now living in LouiSiana , Missouri, while participating in the design and construction s upervision of a natural gas transmission and distribution system serving portions of five counties in Northeast Missouri. H e formerly was with William G. Riddle and Associates, consulting engineers of K ansas City, Missouri. His address is 207 Frances Drive , Louisiana. Paul R. Munger, associate professor of civil engineering at UMR, has been named Young Engineer of the Year by the Rolla Chapter of the Missouri Society of Professional Engineers. Paul is president of the Rolla MSPE Chapter and was l'ecently elected to the national

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b oard of Chi Epsilon, national civil engineering honor fraternity. He has been facu lty sponsor of Chi Epsilon and of Beta Sigma Psi, social fraternity and is an active member of a number of professional engineering and ed ucation societies. He is a 1966 recipient of a National Science Foundation fellowship for graduate study.

195 9 Dr. Russell V . Cochran is Head of the Physics Department, Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa. Russ received his bachelor's degree in Physics and his doctorate in 1964. The Cochrans have two sons, Vance age 2, and John, one year. Their new address is 7218 Beechwood Drive, Urbandale , Iowa . Kenneth E. Powell, 14115 Kimberley, Houston, Texas, is chief process engineer United Carbon-Ashland OiL

1 960 Robert J. Power has received an appointment as investment analyst in the investment office of the University of Rochester, Rochester, N.Y. Power holds a master's degree in business administration from the Wharton Graduate Division of the University of Pennsylvania. He received his B.S. in Electrical engineering from UMR. He has served as a lieutenant in the U.S . Army. Gary K . Patterson received an appointment as ass is tan t professor of chemical engineering at UMR. He has completed all his work for his doctorate and expects to be awarded the degree at the Spring commencement. His wife, Barbara Lay Patterson, has her B .S. and M.S. degrees from UMR in chemistry. Their address in Rolla is 205 South Olive Street.

and his new address is 1943 Woodslea Drive, Apt. 12, Flint, Michigan.

196 1 Major Kay D. Galliher is Executive Officer 937th Engr. Co. (Avn) and Officer -in-Charge of the Panama Project, Inter American Geodetic Survey. He was recently transferred from Tegucigalpa, Honduras, where he was Chief of Aviation Section for the Honduras Project, IAGS. His address is Box 373, Fort Clayton , Canal Zone. John A. Straatmann received a M.S. degree in Metallurgy from Iowa State University, February 26, 1966.

196 2 Dr. S. Thomas Dunn, 910 Laredo Road, Silver Springs, Maryland resigned from NBS and started Dunn Associates , Inc ., giving service in research and development, sales and consulting firm in

field of infrared technology, air pollution and heat transfer. Ronald R . Kelley is test department manager at Networks Eiectronic Corporation, 9750 DeSoto Avenue, Chatsworth, California. He advises that General Curtis E. LeMay has joined his company as Chairman of the Board and Company Operations Manager. Ron's home address is 19817 Superior Chats worth. James Gormley has been transferred from the Clyde Division of Whirlpool to the Whirlpool Corporate Office in Benton Harbor, Michigan . His new job is in the internal auditing department as an operations au d"i tor. Since we last heard from Jim, they have a n ew son, Gregory, born October 10, 1965. Their other child is a girL They are living at 909 Trail Lane, St. Joseph, Michigan.

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Kenneth T. Klebba, who received his M.S. in civil engineering at UMR, in January, has accepted a position with Phillips Petroleum Company, Bartlesville, Oklahoma. His address is 1211 East 7th Street, Bartlesville. William Wescoat III, is with Joy Manufacturing Company, Dallas, Texas. His address is 3305 Chapel Creek Drive, Apt. 217, Dallas.

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Jerry L. Stone has been with du Pont in Wilmington , Delaware. His company has transferred him to Michigan

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Frank Speckhart has completed all requirements for the Ph . D. degree in mechanical engineering and has accepted a position at Eastman Kodak Company in Rochester, New York . His address is 77 Green Moor Way, Henrietta, N .Y. Richard T. Johnson, 355 Haw keye Apartments, I owa City, Iowa , has received a National Science Foundatio n Faculty Fellowship for next year to complete his Ph . D. at the Univers ity of Iowa. Thomas E. Breuer h as b een discharged from the U.S . Army and is back i.n Midland , Michigan with the Dow Corning Corporation.

196 3 Melvin W. Uhl, Jr. is w ith the General Electric Company as an electrical engineer on the Apollo Program at Huntsville, Alabama. His new address is 508 Lacy, Huntsville. John S . Bosnak is in the graduate school at Lo uis iana State Univers ity. He and his wife, Laura Lee Morey Bosnak '63, reside at 11 4 West Chimes St. , Baton R ouge, La. Bill H. Reed has been promoted to 1st Lt. U .S. Public Health Service commi,ssion corps and is a project engineer. H e is now in the D ivis ion of Indian H ealth . Last September h e was transferred to W as hington to take charge of the des ign and construction of all water and sewage treatment facilities on the 19 Ind ian Reservation s in Western Washington. His address is 72 25 53rd Ave., N.E., Marysville, Washington.

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Elmer C. Hoepker was recently prom oted to assistant bridge engineer by the California Division of Highways, Bridge Department. Mr . Hoepker is presently assigned to the Bridge Des ign Secti on at the headquarters office in Sacramento, after having spent nine months on bridge constr uction pr ojects in Humbolt and Trinity counties in northern California. His address is Box 1079 1120 N Street, Sacramento.

A lexander Aderer, from New Canaan, Connecticut, has been named a Peace ' Corps Volunteer having completed 13 weeks of training at Columbia University Teachers College. H e received his degree at UMR in electrical engineering. He will be assigned to Kenya and will teach Englis h, mathematics and science in secondary schools throughout the country. During his training he studied Swahili, the language of East Mrica, Mrican culture and history and world affairs. He also took special courses in theory and methods of education and did practice teaching near the training s ite .

James F. Felch has been prom oted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel while serving at Headquarters , U .S. Army Communications Zone, Europe, in Orleans, France. He is Chief of Construction for the Installations and Services Division of that command which provides logistical , communications and administrative s upport to all U.S. military forces in Europe. He received his B.S . degree in Civil Engineering at UMR. He is a member of Tau Beta Pi and Chi Epsilon honorary fraternities . Mrs. Felch and the five Felch children are with the Colonel on his assignn,ent. Charles R . Harrisonisassociateengin eer in the Office Products Divis ion , International Business Machines, Lexington, Kentucky. His address is 1741 Beacon Hill, Lexington . Terry D. Chew is a Civil Engineer (S&E). Earth Kinetics Section, Nuclear W eapons Effects Division, Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, Mississ ippi. His address there is Quarters No. 7.

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Dale Kiefer, who has been w ith the Illinois State Highway Department as signed at Carbondale, was an alumni office visitor in February. Dale is going on active duty with the Army and will enter the Engineer Officers Training School at Fort Belvoir , Virginia . Rob ert W. Sundermeyer , who has been with the Gulf Oil Corporation as a chemical engineer in their Long-Range Operations Planning , has entered the military service and will receive his basic training at Fort Leonard Wood , Mis souri . His new address is Rte. 1, Box 479, House Springs, Missouri. Kenneth A. Robb has accepted a permanent assignment in the general engineering department at Cities Ser· vice Oil Company's refinery complex at Lake Charles, Louisiana . He recently completed the Graduate Training Program which the company sponsors for college graduates. His address is 3 711 Center Street, Apt. B , Lake Charles.

1 966 George Michael Breuer, a graduate in Chemistry, has enrolled in M.I .T. for graduate work . He is the son of Marvin Breuer ' 3 5. Ra lph H . Kramer h as joined Shell Oil Company's So uthwest Production Division in Lafayette, Louisiana. William W. Norfleet has accepted a position as maintenance engineer at the Monsanto Company's Queeny Plant , St. Louis, Missouri. His address is 742-C West Canterbury, St. Louis , Mo. He plans to enter the St. Louis Univel'sity Law School in their night school program. MSM Alu mnus